Replace character of string in batch script

Question

I need to replace character * from a string which is some what like this:
*10.*31.**2.*65

I want to remove all the * from this string using batch script.

Answer 1

@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
SET mystring=*10.31.*2.*65
:deaster
FOR /f "tokens=1* delims=*" %%i IN ("%mystring%") DO (
   SET mystring=%%j
   IF DEFINED mystring (
      SET mystring=%%i%%j
      GOTO deaster
   ) ELSE (
      SET mystring=%%i
   )
)
ECHO result=%mystring%=